'24 Hours' Of Love Turns Into Just The Miracle Dying Shelter Dog Needs

A very old and very sick Chihuahua was dying. At least, that's what everyone at the shelter thought. Heather, one of the workers there, couldn't stand the thought of the tiny pup dying all alone in a cage. So, she brought the poor thing home with her so the dog could feel loved, if only for a night. But the 24 hours of love gave this dying Chihuahua just the miracle she needed!

Heather is the marketing manager at the Asheville Humane Society. So, every day, she walked past the cage of a very sick Chihuahua, now named Jay-Z. Usually the terrified dog would just hide under her bed.

“The staff at the shelter wondered if she was even adoptable because her health was so bad,” Heather said.

But one day, Heather passed by and the poor pup looked her right in the eye. The sight of the senior dog, whose tongue always hangs out of her mouth, was pitiful. And in that moment, Heather knew just what she had to do.

"I said, 'Let me take her home for a night and if we decide she doesn't have a quality of life and we have to let her go, I want her to be at a home. At least she'll feel loved for 24 hours.'"